On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 8:18 AM Graham Perrin <grahamper...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 17/07/2023 08:04, Stefan Bethke wrote: > > … conflicting instructions … bureaucratic … > > I pay relatively little attention to ports tree-related bug reports. > This is not wilful ignorance; it's mostly because the doc tree is/was a > focus. BRs that catch my eye, that I speed-read without changing the > status to open, include those that might have a non-obvious CVE/security > aspect. > > A bigger picture – not limited to ports – might help other readers to > put things in perspective. <https://wiki.freebsd.org/Bugzilla> has ten > public sub-pages (the array at the foot of the page), plus at least two > private sub-pages to which I neither have, nor require, access. > > Given what's in the wiki – with or without interleaving of related > content in the official FreeBSD Documentation Portal and elsewhere – > it's simply impossible to adhere to everything that's suggested or > required. > > Impossible partly because there's conflicting guidance. > > So, in many cases: common sense and brevity apply. > When conflicting instructions are present, then we should fix the documentation. In those cases, the OP can go with either option. The developer/triager can fix the PR later. Now I'm very curious about the "common sense" thing. Would you say that requesting maintainers-feedback when reporting an issue with a port is common sense? I would say so. Just go to the port and copy-paste the email address and you are done, yet many people don't even do that. > > For me, the greatest obstacles to progress are: > > a) absences of FreshPorts URLs – > <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=266880> would be a > start, but not as streamlined as I'd like > In all honesty, I read https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=266880 and I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Is this the kind of brevity you are encouraging users to apply? > > b) the largely broken/meaningless dashboard – far less easy to fix. > > Back to Stefan's cases: amongst the resources that may be most relevant > is <https://wiki.freebsd.org/Bugzilla/ThePerfectPortsIssue>. > > HTH > >
